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| Out in the vastness of the rolling plains it is oft a predictable country view. The plains vary from crop land to pasture land due in large part to where sand has or has not piled up. Between these lands of agriculture there are towns spaced approximately 15 to 20 miles apart and the distance between towns is mostly due to water. Where there is water, a town would spring up not just to supply the hearty souls that homesteaded the area, but also because of an old technology, the steam engine. The locomotive industry of yesteryear was built on the availability of water. Where a town that had ample water supplies, the train business would follow for their own thirsty beasts needs. But for the exception of the somewhat frequent interruption of townships, the view of the plains was unimaginative. |
| Until the landscape brightens to a garden area such as Wray, CO. Wray was carved out of the sandstone plains and shifting sand hills by the hand of God. No matter which direction you approach Wray from, you enter town knowing that by the change of scenery that you have arrived in a special place. From the West, you have dropped into Wray with the coolness of the Rockies at your back, from the north you have rolled down the sand hills that stretch forever, form the east you have arrived following the river as your guide. and if you have come from the south, you have witnessed amazingly flat lands punctuated with canyons and or arroyos.
But now there is another distinctive landmark that tells one and all that you have arrived in Wray. In a matter of what seemed like just hours, a huge behemoth as unusual as its namesake of the Bible, was raised on the south hill of town. The new wind turbine not only stands tall as a centurion, but also as a town crier. As folks approach town from any direction they can see the new technology that may be as important as that which helped start the town of Wray, the locomotive. The turbine stands tall announcing to all that Wray is looking to the future with energy concerns and green thinking holding hands much to the enjoyment of Big Al Gore. Though instead of slapping the back of someone that is quite use to the glad handing, I suggest that the next time you see Jay Clapper on the street or in the school room, grant him our accolades. Sure, there will be others that deserve recognition, but Jay is the one that not only got the ball rolling but kept it on course and gaining momentum. Thanks Jay! Hmm, I wonder where the grease zerk for that turbine is? |
| Wray Girls basketball team have won the state title in heroic fashion! Coming from behind, the girls defeated Grand Valley (GV) by one point when GV missed a last second desperation shot from mid-court. Christa Loyd, who was chosen Most Valuable Player of the tournament, missed two free throws with just 12 seconds left on the game clock and then CJ Twist missed two more with just 2.2 seconds left setting up the game ending nail biting last second Holy Mary shot from GV's Kendall Babler.
"When she shot that ball, my heart skipped a beat," Stacy Post (who had team high 16 points) said as Babler threw up the prayer shot. Loyd countered, "When the buzzer sounded, I couldn't believe it. Ever since fourth grade, I wanted to win state and to finally do it feels amazing." |